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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Danny and the jailer do while Danny is still incarcerated?
(a) Swap stories.
(b) Watch TV.
(c) Go out for more wine.
(d) Play cards.

2. For whom is Pilon digging for treasure?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Pablo.
(c) Danny.
(d) Pilon.

3. What item does the person in #26 still want to buy for the object of his affections even though she leaves him to go with some soldiers?
(a) Bra.
(b) Purse.
(c) Hat.
(d) Stockings.

4. What does Pilon do to earn money?
(a) Buses tables.
(b) Gambles.
(c) Pumps gas.
(d) Cleans squid.

5. Who is invited to move into the house with Danny and the other men?
(a) Sam.
(b) Manny.
(c) Pirate.
(d) Max.

6. What word meaning "friend" is used in TORTILLA FLAT?
(a) Homey.
(b) Paisano.
(c) Dude.
(d) Buddy.

7. What is Danny's role in TORTILLA FLAT?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Supporting character.
(c) Comedic foil.
(d) Force of evil.

8. What does the Pirate sell every day?
(a) Fish.
(b) Wine.
(c) Pitchwood.
(d) Cigarettes.

9. Who is Pilon?
(a) A mechanic.
(b) Danny's friend.
(c) A bartender.
(d) The town barber.

10. Where does the Pirate show up every day?
(a) Monterey.
(b) Carmel.
(c) Santa Barbara.
(d) Montecito.

11. What does the Pirate buy for St. Francis?
(a) Rosary.
(b) Statue.
(c) Prayer card.
(d) Candlestick.

12. Danny feels both anger and _____________ that his second house has burned down.
(a) greed.
(b) relief.
(c) betrayal.
(d) guilt

13. Where has Danny just returned from as the novel opens?
(a) Work.
(b) The army.
(c) Vacation.
(d) Church.

14. From whom does Danny get his inheritance?
(a) Mother.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Father.
(d) Uncle.

15. What is found during Pilon's treasure dig?
(a) A metal box of dubloons.
(b) A survey plaque.
(c) A dog skeleton.
(d) A coffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Danny invites Pilon, Pablo and Jesus to live with him on what condition?

2. How does Pilon choose a spot to dig for treasure?

3. Who does Pilon make dig at the treasure spot?

4. Why does Pirate buy the item for St. Francis?

5. Who is Pilon's partner on St. Andrew's Eve?

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